#A8AEA0#A8AEA0

#A8AEA0 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.021 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEA0
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 160)
HSL	hsl(86, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(86, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -4.72, 6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 7.99, 126.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0122 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.021 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6287, 41.1350, 39.2084)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEA0 #A6A0AE

analogous

#AEADA0 #A8AEA0 #A1AEA0

triadic

#A8AEA0 #A0A8AE #AEA0A8

tetradic

#A8AEA0 #A0AEAD #A6A0AE #AEA0A1

square

#A8AEA0 #A0AEAD #A6A0AE #AEA0A1

split-complementary

#A8AEA0 #A0A1AE #ADA0AE

monochromatic

#6B7261 #8A927F #A8AEA0 #C6CAC1 #E5E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8AEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A8AEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEA0

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEA0	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFACA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.021 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6bc',
    500: '#a8aea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aea0;
$custom-light: #c1c6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74199,
    "c": 0.02082,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEA0

secondary

#D5D3D7

accent

#54926E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEA0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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